Unveiling Modernity in Twentieth-Century West African Islamic ReformsIn this book Ousman Kobo analyzes the origins of Wahhabi-inclined reform movements in two West African countries. Commonly associated with recent Middle Eastern influences, reform movements in Ghana and Burkina Faso actually began during the twilight of European colonial rule in the 1950s and developed from local doctrinal contests over Islamic orthodoxy. These early movements in turn gradually evolved in ways sympathetic to Wahhabi ideas. Kobo also illustrates the modernism of this style of Islamic reform. The decisive factor for most of the movements was the alliance of secularly educated Muslim elites with Islamic scholars to promote a self-consciously modern religiosity rooted in the Prophet Muhammad s traditions. This book therefore provides a fresh understanding of the indigenous origins of Wahhabism. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part One History | 51 |
Introduction to Part One | 52 |
Chapter One Islam Prior to the Colonial Period | 53 |
Islam under British and French Rule | 71 |
Part Two Early Implantation | 119 |
Introduction to Part Two | 120 |
Genesis of Wahhabism in Burkina Faso | 121 |
Wahhabism in Ghana 19701998 | 211 |
Islamic Reform and Modernity from Within and from Without | 237 |
Part Four A New Phase of Wahhabism 1990 to Present | 281 |
Introduction to Part Four | 282 |
Chapter Eight From Rejection to Coexistence | 283 |
Chapter Nine Conscripts of Modernity and Wahhabi Reform | 311 |
References | 339 |
Appendix | 357 |
Tarbiya and the Beginning of Wahhabism in Ghana | 153 |
1970s1990s | 183 |
Introduction to Part Three | 184 |
Chapter Five Mouvement Sunnite of Burkina Faso 19731988 | 187 |
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